District hosts summit to discuss shared services

(Feb. 9, 2012) On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Voorheesville Central School District hosted a summit on shared services. More than 40 educational leaders from 14 different school districts met to discuss these difficult budgetary times.

The group met as a large group and then broke into four smaller discussion groups to generate viable ideas for sharing services, from transportation to academics and athletics to administrative tasks.

"Response to the event was astonishing," said Superintendent
Dr. Snyder. "There was a real sense of working together to create efficiencies while trying to preserve options for our students. The common theme described what we can accomplish together, which none of us can accomplish individually."

Plans are underway to continue meeting, not just for the short term goal of creating viable budgets for next year, but for the long term goal of collaboration to achieve common ground in offerings for students, while dealing with the constraints of a difficult economy.